How do I drop out a chromakey background?

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May 27, 2007
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Hello, all:

I will really appreciate VERY SIMPLE instructions describing how to do the following:

A. I shot portraits of several individuals and couples against a Chroma-key BG designed for video. (This is the so-called "green screen" BG.)

B. My objective is to drop out the Chroma-key BG in PS and have a file containing only the image of the individuals against a totally transparent BG. I want to be able to place this file image (as a layer) on a variety of different images or artwork. I need to be able to resize this resulting image and would like to be able to use the IMAGE tools on it as well.

C. I assume there is a way to identify the Chroma-key to photoshop and then remove it but I’m not experienced enough to do so. I have a few books but they are not helping me.

D. If this is an easy job, great! (It seems to me that this task would be a piece of cake for PS, but not for me.) If you can help, please make it simple.

Thank you!

Dave in Fort Lauderdale
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May 27, 2007
"Pixmaker" wrote in message
Hello, all:

I will really appreciate VERY SIMPLE instructions describing how to do the following:

A. I shot portraits of several individuals and couples against a Chroma-key BG designed
for video. (This is the so-called "green screen" BG.)
B. My objective is to drop out the Chroma-key BG in PS and have a file containing only the
image of the individuals against a totally transparent BG. I want to be able to place this
file image (as a layer) on a variety of different images or artwork. I need to be able to
resize this resulting image and would like to be able to use the IMAGE tools on it as
well.

C. I assume there is a way to identify the Chroma-key to photoshop and then remove it but
I’m not experienced enough to do so. I have a few books but they are not helping me.

D. If this is an easy job, great! (It seems to me that this task would be a piece of cake
for PS, but not for me.) If you can help, please make it simple.
Thank you!

Dave in Fort Lauderdale
=====================
It;s not the heat,
It’s the humidity
=====================
…Think the humidity’s bad?
You should watch us vote!

See
http://www.kenrickparish.com/jgeerling/articles/photography/ photoshop-keying.html

TWK

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